leading lady

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Recent Examples of leading lady Here, as in a lot of Redford’s love stories, the film belongs mostly to the leading lady. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025 Moore went on to take part in television and theater roles in the years to follow, before gaining wider recognition and establishing herself as a leading lady in Hollywood. Nicholas Rice, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025 Larsen makes a magnetic leading lady. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025 His main job was smoldering as the leading lady pined for him. Esther Zuckerman, Time, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leading lady
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leading man
Noun
  • To one generation, Ben Stiller is the leading man in all those Meet the Parents movies and the director and executive producer of Severance.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Who's the leading man of The Golden Bachelor season 2?
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Leading lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20lady. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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